What jobs could my lovely nurse friend do - in school hours ?

[Norah]

My lovely friend is about to made redundant from her job as a school nurse - the school is merging with another and she will be surplus to requirements !

She hasn't been doing it long - 18 months maybe - but she has been a nurse for ages, also trained midwife. Her problem is that her 2 dds are quite young (8 & 6) and she is divorced - so has no back-up childcare. Paying for childcare wipes out her salary - so she really needs a career that she can do in school hours (ie. no shifts)

I suggested that she train as a doula, anyone else got any bright ideas ?

Thanks

How about being a practice nurse?

can she not do nursing? ie on bank or something where she gets to choose her shifts?

what about school nurse in sn school

Hi Tipex! How's it going? Nah, how'd we cope actually not thinking about work??!!!

She does bank nursing anyway on her days off - but can't seem to be guaranteed no night shifts etc

health visitor

practice nurse

nurse in an outpatients dept

treatment room nurse

drug rep (good money)

even bank or agency nursing (agency nursing GREAT money)

but these are no use if she needs school holidays though (apart from bank or agency, where you more or less can pick and choose your shifts, and she could do part-shifts)

for bank and agency YOU tell them when YOU can work

Great minds think alike - was about to post practice nurse.

My mum was a practice nurse while we were at school and the hours fitted in well. She's a nurse practitioner now and must enjoy it as she's continuing beyond retirement age. Or else she REALLY needs the money!!

As there is such a shortage of midwives, would this not be worth asking about a family friendly contract? Public sector jobs are offering this. larsxx

there are lots of specialist nurses in gp practices now ie

diabetes nurses

renal replacement therapy nurses etc

all 9-5 jobs

The only disadvantage with PN, as nailpolish points out, is if she needs all of school holidays off. (or else her kids end up like me, picnikel and other dsis, spending interminable hours in the surgery waiting for her to finish work, playing with those funny metal things that look like duck's beaks )

Great ideas - I'm off for the commute home now - but keep them coming and I will check back later !!

Thanks everyone xxxx

does she have to accept the redundancy? have they offered her another job at another school possibly?

or maybe she could job share with the other school nurse and top up her salary with bank

there are also nhs banks for community nurses (therefore they are 9-5)

Norah, I had another thought as well a few midwives i knew left nursing to become a rep for drug companies, just a thought. Not sure about hours but worth a try I know the money was very good. larsxx

Quack quack - !!

Actually, no I don't recall doing that but couldn't answer for baby sister!!! Having a practice nurse for a mum did lead to some interesting childhood experiences but this is probably not the thread for them, lol. One day 2happy & I will do a "how mad was our mum" thread.......

im a nurse and currently not working as my youngest is 19 months, however, i did bank nursing and the hospital i worked at offered family friendly hours.
maybe she could get work in clinics in hospital?

Am I being stupid but...Dont doulas earn much less than midwives? After all a midwife trains for nearly 4 years. A doula trains for???what?? They are always wanting midwives on the agencies. They are desperate!

Excellent - am going to phone her now !

Don't have a clue what doulas earn - or midwives for that matter - not my field - hence the question really ! Just thought that she might fancy it that's all !

Thanks everyone

nhs trusts (well some, ours does, but not actually seen a nurse request this yet -maybe i will?) offer term time only contracts - she might get back into her local hospital this way and be able to do the hours she wants.

only one I think that hasn't been mentioned is special needs schools - local authority and private. There's a private one near us that are always crying out for nurses from general or learning disability background.